Location: Abergeldie (Aberdeenshire) - Abergeldie CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Kittie was burnt as a witch at the top of a nearby hill; her ghost haunts the castle and the surrounding land.

Blood Stains

Location: Achath (Aberdeenshire) - Castle FraserType: LegendDate / Time: Still present, but concealedFurther Comments: The steps of the building were stained with the blood of a murdered girl - the marks would return, even if scrubbed away. The bloody stains were finally covered over with wood.

Location: Airlie (Perth and Kinross) - Airlie CastleType: LegendDate / Time: When ill-fortune strikesFurther Comments: This harbinger of doom takes the form of a ram that walks a lap of the gardens prior to disaster. A drumming sound is also reported to herald a death in the family.

Screams

Location: Airth (Falkirk) - Airth CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Several ghosts frequent the building, currently a hotel. A spectral dog is felt as it tries to bite ankles, two children and their nanny (all of whom died in a fire) still return from the grave, and finally the cries and screams of a maid who was attacked by an enraged master can be heard late at night.

Devil's Bang

Location: Aldbury (Hertfordshire) - Former castleType: Legend - Old NickDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The Devil reportedly helped the owner of the castle perform alchemy on the site, before a chemical mishap blew them both to hell.

Creature from the Tomb

Location: Alnwick (Northumberland) - Alnwick CastleType: VampireDate / Time: 1100sFurther Comments: The vampire that once frequented this castle, a one time lord of the estate, lived underneath it and would emerge at night to attack the local villagers. An outbreak of plague was also attributed to the unholy creature, and this resulted in the villagers digging the monster up from its shallow grave and burning it.

Modred's House

Location: Alyth (Perth and Kinross) - Dunbarre CastleType: LegendDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This castle is said to be the former base of Modred, the nephew of King Arthur. He was killed when the fort was overrun by Scots and Picts. Guinevere may have also been killed here, and is reportedly buried at nearby Meigle.

Emily

Location: Amberley (Sussex) - Amberley Castle HotelType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Early twentieth centuryFurther Comments: This teenager is seen in and around the kitchen area of the hotel - the stories say she died shortly after having an affair with a bishop.

Sinking Coach

Location: Antrim (County Antrim) - Antrim CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 31 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: A coach pulled by a team of four horses which sunk into the pond drowning all on board is seen repeating the tragic accident once a year. In addition, a stone wolfhound which stands by the gateway is said to have once been flesh and blood - the dog gave a warning to an advancing sneak attack upon the castle before turning into rock. It now safeguards the Clotworthy family name on the condition it is never removed. Finally, the sound of heavy breathing can be heard coming from the ruined building.

Family Curse

Location: Anwoth (Dumfries and Galloway) - Cardoness CastleType: CurseDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A curse placed on the castle ensured its ultimate ruin - three owners went bankrupt, and the forth and his family were drowned in the nearby loch when the ice cracked whilst they skated in winter.

Piper

Location: Ardo (Aberdeenshire) - Gight CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Those ever inquisitive pipers at it again - playing his pipe while investigating a secret passageway, this man was never seen again (though, of course, he is now heard).

Wallace

Location: Ardrossan (Ayrshire) - Castle HillType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Weather Dependent: Stormy nightsFurther Comments: An old haunt during his life, it is only fitting it should become one for Sir William Wallace after death.

Cannon Fire

Location: Arundel (Sussex) - Arundel CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Several phantom sounds have been reported at the castle; kitchen equipment has been heard in use, though always empty on investigation, and the distant rumble of cannons being shot at the walls is also reported. The library is haunted by a blue man, flicking through an unknown book, and a young girl flees towards a tower, where she once jumped from and took her life.

Flitting White Bird

Location: Arundel (Sussex) - CastleType: Crisis ManifestationDate / Time: Prior to death in familyFurther Comments: It is locally believed that prior to a death in the family, an unidentified white bird hovers and bumps into one of the windows of the castle tower.

May Marye

Location: Askerton (Cumbria) - Askerton CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Once murdered by a lover, now May extracts her revenge by jumping on the backs of passing horses and terrifying their riders. It is reported she once engaged one rider in conversation, making him swear on his life that the topic of discussion would never be revealed to anyone.

Duke of Suffolk

Location: Astley (Warwickshire) - Astley CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Father of Lady Jane, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, had his head lopped off and now haunts this building (headless, of course).

Faces at the Windows

Location: Athleague (County Roscommon) - Castle StrangeType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Built on a site of Celtic ceremony, many people have reported seeing weird faces peering out of the windows.

Sentry

Location: Baconsthorpe (Norfolk) - Baconsthorpe CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: The former soldier who still patrols the battlements is blamed for the stones that are occasionally thrown into the moat, breaking the normally still waters.

Hovering Light

Location: Ballachulish (Highland) - Castle StalkerType: Crisis ManifestationDate / Time: Prior to a death of a Stewart chieftainFurther Comments: An orb of brilliant light was said to appear and hover over the castle just before the death of a clan Stewart chieftain.

Black Andrew

Location: Ballchraggan (Highland) - Balnagowan (or Balnagown) CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Andrew terrorised the neighbourhood, raping and murdering the locals. They decided to act against the laird, storming his castle and hanging him by the neck from the highest window. Now his shade remains within the walls of the building, though he still harasses visiting women. A much more gentle shade has been seen here, a young green-eyed girl who smiles fondly at passers-by.

Lady Isobel Shaw

Location: Ballygally (County Antrim) - Ballygally Castle HotelType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Lady Isobel jumped to her death from an upper window to escape a slow lingering death administrated by her husband. She now knocks on various doors before running away. Madame Nixon is named as another ghost to be found here, and can be recognised by the rustling of her dress.

Danish Captain

Location: Ballyheigue (County Kerry) - Ballyheigue CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1960sFurther Comments: This ghost was once a well treated prisoner in the castle, who died trying to protect the building from a large scale robbery.

Location: Bamburgh (Northumberland) - Bamburgh CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This armour clad knight is also often heard stomping about the castle, sometimes rattling his chains. A ghostly woman in a green cloak is sometimes seen falling from the top of the castle, vanishing before she hits the ground.